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zabgai, arrow-poison; syn. yaḅi; vide kwankwani.
zabibi, a plant with a tuberous rhizome yielding a yellow dye. Curcuma sp. (Scitamineæ). cf. gangamau.
zabiya, a variety of date; vide under dabino.
zabo (Sok.), Aloe sp.—probably A. Barteri, Baker (Liliaceæ). An aloe with stiff speckled and hard pointed leaves; two varieties occur; 1. a bush variety with orange-yellow flowers. 2. zabon dafi, a cultivated variety planted near houses, having bright red flowers and becoming very succulent; used as an ingredient of arrow-poison; also called zabo ko. Syn. kabar giwa (Kano, Zaria, &c.).
zago, a var. of dawa, q.v.
zaḳami, Datura Metel, Linn. (Solanaceæ). “Metel” or “Hairy Thorn Apple.” A coarse branched annual with broad leaves and long white trumpet-shaped flowers, common in waste places about towns, &c. The seeds, in globular prickly capsules, are a deliriant poison. Syn. haukat yaro (from its use as an excitant to youths at sharo contests). In Sokoto and Katsina called babba jibji, q.v. The epithet sutura (East Hausa) is applied to this plant (from the folding of the unopened corolla).
zaḳi banza, Amaranthus viridis, Linn. (Amaranthaceæ). A common weed with spikes of inconspicuous greenish flowers; a form of native spinage used as a vegetable and sometimes cultivated. (Etym. from the insipid taste). Syn. ruḳuḅu (Sok. and Kats.), and malamkochi (Katsina).
zaḳi birri, vide under goriba.
zaḳo, a var. of bean; vide under wake.
zamarke, Sesbania punctata, DC. (Leguminosæ). A tall slender leguminous shrub of wet places, with pinnate leaves and yellow flowers; a sooty pigment got by scorching the stems is used to decorate huts; the stems are used for arrow-shafts. Syn. checheko (East Hausa) cf. also alambo.
zamfaruwa, a var. of gero, q.v.
zango, a var. of gero, q.v.
zayi? (Katagum, &c.), Boscia senegalensis, Lam. (Capparideæ); a low shrub with bunches of small whitish flowers and berry fruit; leaves and berries used as food. cf. anza.
zazar giwa or zazar gwiwa, vide sare gwiwa.
zazawa, vide yazawa.
zindi (Katagum, Kanuri?), Combretum sp. nr. C. Hartmannianum, Schweinf. (Combretaceæ); a tree with shining foliage and 4-winged fruit; probably the same as chiriri (C. Kerstingii, Engl. and Diels.), q.v.
zoḅarado, the calyces of the “Red Sorrel” or yakuwa (Hibiscus Sabdariffa Linn.), q.v. used as food, medicine, and a beverage.
zogalagandi, Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertn. (Moringaceæ). “Horse-radish Tree.” A tree with graceful foliage white flowers and long pendulous pods, frequently planted around houses, and therefore also called samarin danga. The winged seeds yield an oil (“Oil of Ben”). Syn. bagaruwar Makka (Sok.), barambo (Gobir), also sometimes called taḅa ni ka samu, q.v. (cf. kurnan nasara). The roots can be used as horse-radish and the young leaves as a vegetable.
zugu, vide under abduga.
zunguru, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under duma.
zunzuna, vide rawaya.
zurma, Ricinus communis, Linn. (Euphorbiaceæ). “Castor Oil Plant.” A tall shrub with large broad leaves and erect racemes of spiny capsules containing the seed from which castor oil is made; commonly planted in compounds or growing in waste places. The oil is chiefly used externally by Hausas, for sores on camels, &c. kufi = a dark oily extract from the mixed seeds of zurma, bi ni da zugu, and aduwa, q.v.
zuru, a var. of the bottle-gourd; vide under duma.
zuwo, Celtis integrifolia, Lam. (Urticaceæ). A large tree. “Nettle-tree.” Syn. dukki, q.v. cf. also dinkin.